Event Description:
Join historians Ardeta Gjikola and Alex Wragge-Morley as they discuss Wragge-Morley’s new book reinterpreting the role of aesthetic experience in scientific practice. To mark the forthcoming publication of Aesthetic Science: Representing Nature in the Royal Society of London, 1650-1720, Alex Wragge-Morley and Ardeta Gjikola will engage in a wide-ranging discussion about the place of taste, judgment, and sensory pleasure in the production of scientific knowledge.
Event Speakers:
- Alex Wragge-Morley (Clinical Assistant Professor in the School of Liberal Studies, New York University)
- Ardeta Gjikola (Mellon Teaching Fellow in the Society of Fellows, Columbia University)
- Lan Li (Presidential Scholar in Society and Neuroscience, Columbia University)
Event Information:
This event is open to the public. Please contact Lan Li at ll2419@columbia.edu with any questions.
